Trees Chapter 312 Red-Haired Sage of Six Paths And The Upheaval of The Pure Land

"The Sage of Six Paths has gone mad?!"

The Hokage had heard rumors about the Sage of Six Paths, but given how ancient his existence was, they had assumed his power was likely exaggerated… similar to how Nagato’s abilities had been perceived.

Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine that this being from a thousand years ago was still alive.

And what’s even worse…

‘He had lost his mind?!’

"What the hell is going on?"

Tobirama's face turned pale, and he subconsciously thought of the threat posed by the Sage of Six Paths to the current Shinobi World.

Meanwhile, Tsunade was still desperately trying to contact Naruto via phone.

She even searched the crowd for the yellow-haired clone that had appeared earlier.

But no one knew where Uzumaki Qiao Feng and Aburame Shino had gone, and Sakura and Uzumaki Stark were also missing after escaping from the giant puppet just now.

Tsunade felt uneasy when she didn't see these guys.

"Yes!"

"The Sage of Six Paths has gone insane!"

Sara's eyes were lost in memories, and she began to recount the past with sadness in her tone.

It turned out that more than ten years ago, the Sage of Six Paths suddenly descended on their Kingdom of Roran.

He also said that he had a headache and wanted to use the help of their Kingdom of Roran to rest for a while.

But one day, without warning, Sage of Six Paths began destroying everything… screaming for everyone to flee even as he tore the kingdom apart.

Sara still felt fear when she recalled the appearance of the Sage of Six Paths she had witnessed back then.

The Sage of Six Paths seemed to be undergoing some unpredictable transformation… his body covered in red hair. Just a single glance from an ordinary person would drive them insane...

After that, Sara could only watch helplessly as her kingdom was destroyed.

However, shortly after her death, she seemed to hear a call from the katana at her waist.

The katana said mentioned something about how Aizen's Hogyoku had altered this world.

Because of this, Sarah gained the power of a Shinigami.

After uttering the name of her Zanpakuto aloud, she became the first Shinigami in the Pure Land.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

The deranged Sage of Six Paths charged into the Pure Land, screaming something about defiling death, and with a wave of his hand, began turning ordinary souls into red-haired monsters.

From then on, Sarah wielded her Shinigami powers and led a group of her people from Kingdom of Roran, who had also become Shinigami, to resist him.

After holding back these corrupted entities for decades, Sara finally reached her limit, and the monsters broke through her defenses.

From that moment onward...

The souls in the Pure Land faced an unprecedented catastrophe.

Pausing her story here, Sarah turned her gaze toward Minato and Kushina, her eyes filled with gratitude.

"Fortunately, there are many strong individuals in the Pure Land..."

"After holding off those corrupted beings for a while, they gradually mastered the power of the Shinigami as well."

Minato nodded, feeling a sense of relief.

"Thank goodness..."

"If it weren't for this power, we and the deceased from Konoha would’ve all turned into those red-haired monsters."

"Now in the Pure Land..."

"Under Queen Sara’s leadership, everyone has established the Seireitei to resist those creatures together."

Kushina chimed in, though her tone carried a hint of regret.

"It’s just..."

"That crazed Sage of Six Paths has disappeared again. Who knows where he went?"

When Hashirama heard this, his heart suddenly tightened and the expression on his face became somewhat anxious.

"Wait!"

"Madara! What about Madara?! Is he alright?!"

When Hashirama thought of Madara in the Pure Land, he couldn't help but worry for his former good brother.

Hearing this, Kushina’s forehead twitched in irritation.

"Why aren’t you worried about Granny Mito at all?!"

Though Kushina held deep respect for the Hokage, she couldn’t tolerate Hashirama’s behavior.

After all...

What kind of person, in a crisis, worries about his best friend before his own wife?

After hearing what Kushina said, everyone turned their eyes toward Hashirama.

Especially Tobirama, whose face darkened the moment he heard that name.

"Brother!"

"Have you still not let go of that man’s crimes against our village?!"

Hashirama scratched his head awkwardly. He first pulled his furious brother back before sheepishly apologized to Kushina.

"Sorry, sorry..."

"I just remembered that I never found any trace of him in the Pure Land... so I asked without thinking."

"By the way, how is Mito?"

Kushina crossed her arms and snorted coldly, clearly unwilling to entertain him further.

Fortunately, Minato stepped in to ease the awkward tension.

"Don't worry, Shodaime. Mito-sama is leading the Uchiha Clan in resisting those red-haired monsters."

"However..."

"We haven’t seen Uchiha Madara in the Pure Land at all."

Hearing this, Hashirama couldn’t help but sigh in disappointment.

Minato paused for a moment before continuing.

"By the way..."

"You must absolutely never use the Impure World Reincarnation or any other resurrection techniques in the living world."

"Because all you'll summon are those corrupted monsters."

Minato still felt a little helpless when he thought about this.

Back when they were fighting in the Pure Land, they often saw people flickering in and out of Pure Land.

And when he saw those corrupted entities flashing into existence, his soul nearly left his body in terror.

He had to immediately use his Shinigami powers to rush to the living world for support.

Otherwise, if those monsters were allowed to roam freely in the living world and gather strength, the ones who’d suffer would be them.

"Alright! Since the situation is resolved..."

"Let's go find Naruto."

"Kakashi, do you know where that kid ran off to?"

Kushina kept urging from the side, making everyone present fall into an awkward silence.

"Land of Sky."

"That boy went to the Land of Sky to do a mission."

In the end, it was Tobirama who reminded the couple.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Minato and Kushina left the scene.

Meanwhile, Nagato led Konan back toward the Akatsuki’s hideout.

To be honest...

Nagato was feeling a little complicated right now.

For some reason, he couldn’t shake the feeling that every time something went wrong, it was somehow connected to Uzumaki... no, Kurosaki Ichigo.

It was like whenever this kid disappeared, their Akatsuki organization was the first to suffer.

"Nagato, what’s on your mind?"

Konan noticed that Nagato was in a low mood, so she expressed her concern.

"It’s nothing."

"I’m probably overthinking it..."

Nagato forced a bitter smile. He felt he was just being paranoid.

‘Yeah...’

‘At least this time, Amegakure...’

‘Huh!?’

Just as Nagato was about to internally celebrate the fact that Amegakure hadn’t been affected, he looked up mid-flight and saw smoke rising from his half-rebuilt village...

“What the hell!!!”

"My base!!"

…

On the other side...

After the two saviors of the Shinobi World had eaten and drunk their fill, they confidently exited the Duel Space, ready to unleash their ultimate moves on Shinno the moment they saw him.

And maybe blow up the Land of Sky while they were at it.

Buzz... Buzz... Buzz...

The constant vibration of Sasuke’s phone in his pocket made Naruto frown.

"Give it to me!"

"You’re supposed to mute your phone during work hours, you know?"

"We’re saving the world here, we can’t afford any distractions…"

Naruto was in the middle of lecturing Sasuke when, the moment they stepped out of the battle dimension, they realized something was off about the scene before them...

“What the hell!?”

"Where’s the Land of Sky?"